Sounding device for toy animal figures



April 24, 1928. v 667,125

c MAJEWICZ SOUNDING DEVICE FOR TOY ANIMAL FIGURES Filed Dec. 13. 1926 INVENTOR.

Patented Apr. 24,1928.

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I cons'mn'ry. MAJEWICZ; or DETROIT, mirror-imam.

SOUNDVING DEVICE ron TOY ANIMAL'FIGURES.

Application filed December 13, 1926. Serial No. 154,461.

This invention relates to toys and particularly relates'to toy animal figures.

Another object is to provide means readily operable by a child for operating soundproducing mechanism disposed'within a toy animal figure. i

These and various other objects the invention attains by the construction hereinafterdescribed and illustrated in the accompanving drawings, wherein:

Figure producing device adapted to be arranged within the body of a toy animal'figu're.

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation of a toy animal figure, showing in dash lines the device of Figure 1 installed in said figure and showing a means for operating said device by propelling the dog forwardly or rearwardly.

Figure 3 is a plan view partly in section of an animal figure and of a sound-produc- 0 ing device therein, operable by pressure applied to the body of said figure.

In these views, the reference character 1 designates a hollow toy figure representing a dog, which figure may be papier mach, sheet metal, or other suitable material.

Within the body of said figure is installed a sound-producing device comprising a platform or base 2. a flexible plate 3 resting edgewise upon a rosin-treated end portion of] the top faceof said base. an arm 4 one end of which carries the plate 3. and a pitman member 5 connecting the other end of said arm to the crank 6 of a shaft 7. Said shaft is preferably journaled in a U-shape bracket 8 mounted fast upon the other end portion of said base. Said bracket may be conveniently formed as a sheet metal stamping. Turning of the crank-shaft 7 acts through the pitman 5 to reciprocate the arm 4 and to thus slide the plate 3 back and forth on the rosined surface of the base, and the resulting'vibration the lower edge of said plate against said surface is productive of a sound somewhat resembling the barking of a dog.

It is preferred to mount fast upon the mid portion of the base arblock 9 formed of 1 is a perspective view of a sound- Wood or other suitable material upon which rests the actuated end portions of the arm,

Said block, thus serves as a guide for the arm andby maintaining said arm substantially parallel to the base, also maintains the desired perpendicular relation of the plate 3 to thebase, v p

It is further preferred to arrange between the plate 3 and block 9 a coiled spring 10 extending under a slight tension between the base 2 and arm 4, and establishing a slight pressure of the plate 3 upon the base. This increases somewhat the frictional resistance offered by the rosined surface of the base to,

reciprocation of the plate and adds to the volume of the resulting sound.

The shaft 7 extends out through the body of the Figure 1 and carries a suitable actuating element or elements exteriorly of said body. ,Thus, as is illustrated in Figure 2, the ends of said shaft may carry a suitable pair of wheels 11 proportioned to engage the surface supporting the toy figure, so that said wheels will turn said shaft as the figure is propelled forwardly or back upon said surface.

In that form of the invention which is illustrated in Figure 3, either the entire animal figure 12 or a suitable portion thereof is formed of rubber or like resilient material. The base 2'. slide 3' and arm 4 conform to the description already given. For actuating the arm; this construction employs a pair of divergent fingers 13, having their, adjacent ends connected to the rear ends of said arm by a common pivot member 14. Between the diverged endsof said fingers, a block 15 is secured to the base 1 and a pair of coiled springs lticomprossed between said ends and block urge'said fingers to a maximum divergence. A pair of pins 17 carriedv by the fingers 13 and upon which said springs are coiled slide in a transversebore 18 in the block 15 and restrainthe rear'ends of said fingers from movement forward and back consequently when the rear ends of said fingers are pressed toward each other, overcoming thesprings 16, the joined ends of said fingers move forwardly and forwardly actuate the arm 4- and slide 3". When said fingers are released the springs throw out the rear ends of the fingers and thus shift the arm and slide rearwardly. It is evident from Figure 3 the divergent ends of the fingers closely approach the flanks of the animal figure, so that inward pressure upon said. flanks Will be transmitted to said fingers.

From the preceding description, it will be evident that the invention in either of its described forms provides a simple and inexpensive means for simulating" the barking of a dog or the cry of a similar animal.

What I claim is 1. A sound producing device comprising a base having a rosin-treated top surface. an arm extending substantially parallel to said base, means carried by the base "for reciprocating said arm upon said treated surface in substantial parallelism with the base, a flexible plate carried by said arm and bearing edgewise upon said base and a spring extending between said arm and base maintaining said plate pressed against the base. i 2. A sound producing device comprising a base having a rosin-treated top surface, an arm extendingsubstantially parallel to said base, a vibratory member carried by said arm and frictionally engaging the base, means yieldably maintaining the frictional engagement of said Vibratory. member with the base means carried by the base for reciprocating said arm upon said treated surface and means upon the base :tor'spacing said arm therefrom.

In testimony whereof I sign this specificationa CONSTANTY MAJEWICZ. 

